Bouncing on Concrete Roads
We just finished our fourth trip with our new trailer. Been camping for years with a smaller trailer, but just moved to a 31'. I have a situation that I need to figure out when we are on roads th...
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I had the porpoise issue on my silverado.. Bouncing like a bronco.
First I upgraded the shocks to bilsteins. Helps some. 40-50% improvement.
next after reading much about the silverados hitch I felt that was the culprit. The silverado hitch on the years I know are attached to frame and also the bumper. That creates a leverage type fulcrum point. Less connection to frame with this point and there is probably some type of flex there.
Its a bad design if that's what you have. Something with being a round bar too. Even though round bar is supposed to be stronger the weld points are iffy at best..
You do have a lot of TW if its indead close to 1000 lbs. Too much for a 1500 IMO.
Not sure what the 2018's have.
But after I changed the hitch to a curt unit of an overkill magnitude it when away.
Im @ 14% TW. 740lbs.
Best is to start with 3 weights at the cat scale to see what you are working with.. Then post back.
http://towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/TravelTrailerCatScales
FYI it was the same price as the lower weight one so why not overkill? Trucks only rated for 7500 lbs towing.
Also added sumo spring bump stops for the sag.
First I upgraded the shocks to bilsteins. Helps some. 40-50% improvement.
next after reading much about the silverados hitch I felt that was the culprit. The silverado hitch on the years I know are attached to frame and also the bumper. That creates a leverage type fulcrum point. Less connection to frame with this point and there is probably some type of flex there.
Its a bad design if that's what you have. Something with being a round bar too. Even though round bar is supposed to be stronger the weld points are iffy at best..
You do have a lot of TW if its indead close to 1000 lbs. Too much for a 1500 IMO.
Not sure what the 2018's have.
But after I changed the hitch to a curt unit of an overkill magnitude it when away.
Im @ 14% TW. 740lbs.
Best is to start with 3 weights at the cat scale to see what you are working with.. Then post back.
http://towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/TravelTrailerCatScales
FYI it was the same price as the lower weight one so why not overkill? Trucks only rated for 7500 lbs towing.
Also added sumo spring bump stops for the sag.
